Satellites/BEIDOU-3 M23

BEIDOU-3 M23

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

44543

COSPAR ID

2019-061B

Launched

2019-09-22

site code XICLF

Orbit

MEO

Constellation

BeiDou

Who

Owner / operatorChina National Space Administration

ManufacturerChinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)

CountryChina

Catalogue owner codePRC

Orbit

OrbitingEarth

Orbit classMEO

Perigee21,510 km

Apogee21,546 km

Inclination54.39°

Period773.3 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 01:59:34

Mean motion1.86227604 rev/day

Eccentricity0.0006428

Inclination54.3895°

Right ascension of node177.8107°

Argument of perigee23.453°

Mean anomaly155.2948°

B* drag term0.0000e+0

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch4,849

Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).